Oh my God; how good are these 700 pictures of our beautiful city? I have spent an unholy amount of hours over the past day perusing the site - a number matched only after 'that' picture of Brittany Spears emerged but that's another story for another day.

Anyhooz, the compulsive part of my psychye was finally rewarded with pictures of the twin railway bridge junction at the corner of Carntyne Road and Todd Street. This has annoyed me, to an uncomfortable degree, all my life. I only remember the switchback railway bridges that crossed both streets which were removed in the early eighties and have never been able to figure it out.

To be able to see my old haunts in Cambuslang and where I lived in Springboig in such detail over forty years before I was born is such a pleasure.

Right troops, who is up for hiring a gyroscope, hot air balloon or a similar flying vehicle in order to compile the best Past Present images yet! At least the tie up the swings brigade haven't outlawed having a bevvy on gyroscopes yet so we could make a day of it.

Onward and Upward

Shuggy

Cleggy you snickering floppy eared hound when courage is needed, you're ne'er around.Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest should be there for bungling at which you are best.

I think the saddest thing about these pictures is how they show the sheer amount of manufacturing industry that has disappeared from Glasgow and the Clyde valley in the last 75 years.On the other hand given the working conditions in some of those plants, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing.The serious industrial accidents I saw in my early health service career are now a rare thing and that is not all down to the modern Health & Safety rules but in great part due to the run down of heavy engineering.

He advocated for the weak against the strong, the poor against the rich and labour against capital.

Thanks Dex; I used Google maps instead, but I got there! Recognised the Crowhill St/Broadholm St "triangle" and worked it out from there. It was the Claddens Quadrant 'teardrop' that threw me - the western side of that as shown in the 1930 version no longer exists. That, plus the other big street changes was enough to confuse me. Easy done, these days!

Some people hear voices.. Some see invisible people.. Others have no imagination whatsoever.

RDR wrote:I think the saddest thing about these pictures is how they show the sheer amount of manufacturing industry that has disappeared from Glasgow and the Clyde valley in the last 75 years.On the other hand given the working conditions in some of those plants, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing.The serious industrial accidents I saw in my early health service career are now a rare thing and that is not all down to the modern Health & Safety rules but in great part due to the run down of heavy engineering.

Good to see such positive comments about Britain from Above. I have the pleasure of working close to the team involved in producing these images, they are keen for people to engage with the images on-line so please do contribute on the BfA website (if you haven't already).